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A three-judge panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Friday that more than 65,000 votes cast in the contested race for the state Supreme Court in 2024 must be recounted and verified — a win for the Republican candidate in the razor-thin, disputed contest and a decision that …

A federal judge ordered the detained Tufts University student’s petition for her release to be transferred from Massachusetts to Vermont. U.S. District Judge Denise J. Casper for Massachusetts denied the government’s motion to dismiss the petition and its alternative request to transfer it to the Western District of Louisiana, where …

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IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Undocumented California farm workers face deportation risk 02:19 Texas measles outbreak explodes to nearly 500 cases 01:27 Millions at risk as dangerous storms hit the South 03:02 Major nationwide protests erupt against Trump admin. 02:17 …

Former President Barack Obama said he is “deeply concerned” with some of the actions that President Donald Trump and his administration have taken and seemed to call out the Republican Party for not pushing back on them. Obama rebuked Trump without explicitly naming him over the federal government’s threats against …

WASHINGTON — Theodore McCarrick, a once-powerful Catholic cardinal who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after a Vatican investigation determined he sexually molested adults and children, died Friday, according to Archbishop of Washington Robert McElroy. McCarrick was 94. The McCarrick scandal created a crisis of credibility for the church, primarily because there was evidence Vatican …

The Trump administration is creating a new Title IX Special Investigations Team focused on keeping transgender women and girls from sports teams and restrooms designated for females.  The team will “protect students, and especially female athletes, from the pernicious effects of gender ideology in school programs and activities,” the Departments …

A pro-Palestinian protester interrupted a presentation by Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman on Friday, accusing the tech company of selling artificial intelligence technology to Israeli military forces.   In a video of the presentation, the protester can be heard shouting, “You claim that you care about using AI for good, but …

The South Carolina Gamecocks and Connecticut Huskies will meet in the national championship game after cruising to victories to tip off the women’s Final Four on Friday night. The defending-champion Gamecocks trailed early but came back to dominate the Texas Longhorns 74-57 in the first of two semifinal games in …

Judges showed some frustration this week with how the Trump administration has been defending itself in court, with one saying it appeared to have used “bad faith” tactics, another accusing it of using “disingenuous” arguments and a third saying it was making “inaccurate” claims. One of the judges, U.S. District …